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Battersea 1910

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1910

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APPENDIX No. 2, continued—

TABLE V,—(continued).

South-West Battersea. Infantile Mortality during Year 1910.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under l week.1-2 Week.2-3 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Month.2-3 Month.3-4 Month.4-5Month.5-6Month.6-7 Month.7-8Month8-9 Month.9-l0 Month.10-11 Month.11-12 Month.Total Deaths underOne Year
All Causes.—Certified18236296634....1331763
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..............................22
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria : Croup..................................
Whooping Cough........................1..135
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms......1121............1....5
Enteritis Muco- Gastro-..1..121............211..6
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh....1..1..1..................2
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth101..213......................13
Congenital Defects2..1..3..11................5
Injury at Birth1......1......................1
Want of Breast Milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1..113..2..................5
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..........1....1............13
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................................
Erysipelas..................................
Other Causes.Syphilis..................................
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................................
Convulsions......11......1..............2
Bronchitis..............11........1....3
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..........1..........1......13
Suffocation, overlying..................................
Other Causes4......41111..............8
18236296634....1331763
Sub-Division of South-West Battersea. Population (estimated to middle of 1910)—60,810. Births in the year- Legitimate. 878 ; Illegitimate. 26.Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 55; Illegitimate Infants, 8. Deaths from all Causes at all ages, 505.